@article{fdi:010092536,
  title = {{C}limate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern {A}mazonian edge forests},
  author = {{R}eis, {S}.{M}. and {M}arimon, {B}.{S}. and {E}squivel-{M}uelbert, {A}. and {M}arimon {J}unior, {B}.{H}. and {M}orandi, {P}.{S}. and {E}lias, {F}. and de {O}liveira, {E}.{A}. and {G}albraith, {D}. and {F}eldpausch, {T}.{R}. and {O}liveras {M}enor, {I}mma and {M}alhi, {Y}. and {P}hillips, {O}.{L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}ree death is a key process for our understanding of how forests are and will respond to global change. {T}he extensive forests across the southern {A}mazonia edge-the driest, warmest and most fragmented of the {A}mazon regions-provide a window onto what the future of large parts of {A}mazonia may look like. {U}nderstanding tree mortality and its drivers here is essential to anticipate the process across other parts of the basin. {U}sing 10 years of data from a widespread network of long-term forest plots, we assessed how trees die (standing, broken or uprooted) and used generalised mixed-effect models to explore the contribution of plot-, species- and tree-level factors to the likelihood of tree death. {M}ost trees died from stem breakage (54%); a smaller proportion died standing (41%), while very few were uprooted (5%). {T}he mortality rate for standing dead trees was greatest in forests subject to the most intense dry seasons. {W}hile trees with the crown more exposed to light were more prone to death from mechanical damage, trees less exposed were more susceptible to death from drought. {A}t the species level, mortality rates were lowest for those species with the greatest wood density. {A}t the individual tree level, physical damage to the crown via branch breakage was the strongest predictor of tree death. {S}ynthesis. {W}ind- and water deficit-driven disturbances are the main causes of tree death in southern {A}mazonia edge which is concerning considering the predicted increase in seasonality for {A}mazonia, especially at the edge. {T}ree mortality here is greater than any in other {A}mazonian region, thus any increase in mortality here may represent a tipping point for these forests.},
  keywords = {{AMAZONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {E}cology},
  volume = {110},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {876--888},
  ISSN = {0022-0477},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1111/1365-2745.13849},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092536},
}